KINSHASA, 1 June 2020 – The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has confirmed the death of five people – including one 15-year-old girl – due to Ebola in Mbandaka, the capital of Équateur Province in the north-western part of the country. The deaths occurred between the 18th and 30th of May but they were only confirmed …

Unpersuaded by more than 100,000 pandemic deaths in the United States, 45% of strong conservatives, four in 10 Republicans and nearly as many evangelical Christians say they’d be unlikely to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, even for free. Overall, 27% of adults in an ABC News/Washington Post poll say they definitely (15%) or probably (12%) would not get the vaccine. …

My local Starbucks is happy to see me, it says, as long as I wear a face mask. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. My local Starbucks reopened to foot traffic last week. A sign on the door said to come on in, I’ve been missed. It also said …

The molecular biology laboratory of Cannizzaro Hospital in Catania during the analysis of biological samples to detect the presence of Covid-19 on May 22, 2020 in Catania, Italy. Fabrizio Villa A very public dispute has broken out between some of Italy’s, and the world’s, most high-profile doctors after one expert claimed the coronavirus “no longer exists clinically.” Dr. Alberto Zangrillo, …

<!– –> A team of EcoHealth Alliance researchers in China’s Guangdong province last year biopsied a bat’s wing to identify its species. EcoHealth Alliance By Jon Cohen, Kai KupferschmidtJun. 1, 2020 , 7:30 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. An international team of scientists whose funding for research on bat coronaviruses was recently yanked by the U.S. …

A new analysis of 172 studies, funded by the World Health Organization, confirms what scientists have said for months: N95 and other respirator masks are far superior to surgical or cloth masks in protecting essential medical workers against the coronavirus. The results, published on Monday in The Lancet, make it clear that the W.H.O. and the Centers for Disease Control …

Has the Covid-19 coronavirus really lost potency in Italy. Pictured here are people wearing … [+] protective masks while they visit the Coliseum in Rome, after it was closed for three months (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images) Getty Images There is a claim from a doctor in Italy that the Covid-19 coronavirus may be losing potency in Italy. But like …

Enlarge / Researchers examine a bat as part of their search for dangerous animal pathogens in the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative Lab in Yaounde, Cameroon. Brent Stirton/Getty Images One of the longest-running questions about this pandemic is a simple one: where did it come from? How did a virus that had seemingly never infected a human before make a sudden …

We don’t really know when the novel coronavirus first began infecting people. But as we turn a page on our calendars into June, it is fair to say that Sars-Cov-2 has been with us now for a full six months. At first, it had no name or true identity. Early in January, news reports referred to strange and threatening symptoms …

Enlarge / Health workers operate within an Ebola safety zone in the Health Center in Iyonda, near Mbandaka, on June 1, 2018. Getty | JUNIOR D. KANNAH A new outbreak of Ebola has ignited in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is still trying to stamp out an Ebola outbreak from 2018—and is now also battling a massive measles …